This Osaka-style woodwork, which provides Japanese-style houses with a means of tasteful decor, as well as ventilation, evolved…
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- Traditional Craft Products Certified by the Governor of Osaka Prefecture
Osaka Transoms
- Traditional Craft Products Designated by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Though the origins of Osaka cabinetwork are uncertain, the skills involved are thought to have become specialized during the 15th century, when…
- Traditional Craft Products Designated by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
During the Azuchi-Momoyama period, production of tobacco knives began in Sakai, and in the early Edo period, broad-bladed kitchen knives and…
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- Traditional Craft Products Certified by the Governor of Osaka Prefecture
An early form of these blinds is thought to have been used during the Asuka and Nara eras (late 6C-8C). The prototype of the present style was…
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Naniwa brushmaking dates back prior to the Nara era (8C), when such brushes are said to have been used to lacquer such items as Buddhist statues,…
- Traditional Craft Products Certified by the Governor of Osaka Prefecture
The tortoise shell processing technique was supposedly brought to Nagasaki from China, eventually making its way to Osaka and Tokyo.
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Around the end of the 16th century, incense-making was brought to Sakai, where Japan's first incense sticks were produced. Sakai had become well-…
- Traditional Craft Products Certified by the Governor of Osaka Prefecture
This three-stringed musical instrument is thought to have come from China through the Ryukyu Islands to Japan in the early 15th century. With…
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Carp streamers are raised in celebration of Children's Day (May 5) in Japan. Under the instruction of a paper carp manufacture in Nagoya, Japan's…
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This handcraft is said to date back to the Asuka era (late6C-early7C), when a foreigner who drifted ashore to Nishiki-no-hama beach in Osaka…
- Traditional Craft Products Certified by the Governor of Osaka Prefecture
Glass beads (Tombodama) were first brought to Japan via the Silk Road during the Nara period (710-794). Domestic production petered out during the…
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Due to the incredible development of Nanbanshibori, a Japanese traditional coppaer liquation method, more than ten thousand coppersmiths worked in…
- Traditional Craft Products Certified by the Governor of Osaka Prefecture
Papier-mâché was introduced from China and its techniques developed in Kyoto during the Momoyama era (late 16C to early 17C). Subsequently, Osaka…
- Traditional Craft Products Certified by the Governor of Osaka Prefecture
It is said that Fukae Sedge Handwork began about 2000 years ago when people moved to Fukae area (current Higashinari-ku, Osaka City) from Nara…
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Imai Shobei, who is known as the originator of the lacquer brush-making technique in the Kansai area, supposedly taught his skills to a man named…
- Traditional Craft Products Certified by the Governor of Osaka Prefecture
The production of farming baskets using high quality local bamboo commenced in the Nara era (8C). Along with the increasing popularity of the…